Chesnut, James, 1773-1866.
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Chesnut, James, 1773-1866.
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Chesnut, James, 1773-1866.
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Camden, S.C. plantation owner and South Carolina state representative and senator. He was the son of John Chesnut (1743-1818) and Sarah Cantey. James Chesnut married Mary Cox (d. 1864) in 1796 and their children included John Chesnut (1799-1839) and James Chesnut, Jr. (1815-1885).
Planter of Kershaw County, S.C.; member of S.C. General Assembly, serving in S.C. House, 1802-1805, 1808-1809, and 1814-1815; and S.C. Senate, 1810-1812, 1832-1833, and 1834-1835; son, of John Chesnut (1743-1818) and Sarah Cantey Chesnut; husband of Mary Cox Chesnut (1775-1864).
Chesnut was father of thirteen children including Esthur Serena Chesnut (1797-1822), John Chesnut (1799-1839), Mary Cox Chesnut (1802-1899), Harriet Serena Chesnut (1809-1835), Emma Chesnut (1812-1847), Sarah Chesnut (1813-1889), and James Chesnut, Jr. (1815-1885); father-in-law of Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823-1886).
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Slavery
Agriculture
Cotton trade
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Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
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South Carolina--Berkeley County
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Mulberry (S.C. : Plantation)
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South Carolina
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Camden (S.C.)
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Berkeley County (S.C.)
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Sandy Hill (S.C. : Plantation)
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South Carolina
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Manchester (S.C. : Plantation)
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South Carolina--Kershaw County
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Kershaw County (S.C.)
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